7th Seminar 10.12.07

Sorry for the technical difficulty! Because I wasn’t able to get the blog up in time, I’m extending the help deadline – you can come see me either Thursday or Friday.

People In A Boat

Five people on each side of a boat, ten in total. There is one space between them. The five on one side need to switch places with the five on the other side. A person can slide forward to an empty space, but not back. They can jump over one person, but not jump backwards.

What patterns do you notice? (Look at the number of moves, the order of slides versus jumps, which “color” piece moves, etc) Record your observations neatly and thoroughly on a piece of graph paper.